Akamai has been named a Major Player in the recently released IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service 2025 Vendor Assessment. Akamai was previously named as a Contender in the 2022 report for this market. \r\n The IDC MarketScape says: “Akamai’s deep-rooted expertise in CDN and security gives the company a unique edge in handling the complexities of global, high-performance content delivery.” \r\n We believe this recognition is significant for the following three reasons: \r\n 1. A strengthened Akamai cloud platform — In our opinion, it validates the investments and improvements we’ve made over the past two years to strengthen and scale our cloud platform to meet the requirements of increasingly demanding customer challenges. \r\n The report noted, “The company’s commitment to datacenter expansion, security innovation, and low-latency application access underscores its credibility as a trusted partner for cloud transformation.” \r\n 2.…